English Intermediate B1.2
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English Intermediate B1.2
This course is part of English Intermediate B1 Specialization
Instructor: Ruth Kerr
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There are 6 modules in this course
Welcome to the second and final course in our B1 program!
English is the most important international language for the workplace and for study, and this second course will help you improve your language skills even further to reach the convincing intermediate level you need to work, study or travel abroad. The varied learning activities will enable you to communicate on a variety of more complex topics like the digital university, the climate and the environment, and looking after your health.
This module teaches you how to talk about domestic animals, how to look after an animal successfully and give relevant advice about which pet to choose.
What's included
3 videos3 readings8 assignments1 discussion prompt
3 videos•Total 13 minutes
- Pet therapy for Etta•3 minutes
- Grammar focus - Conditional sentences•4 minutes
- Pronunciation focus - Reading phonemic script•6 minutes
3 readings•Total 25 minutes
- Pets: reading for specific information and guessing meaning of unknown words from context•10 minutes
- Speaking skills - giving and justifying an opinion •10 minutes
- Downloadable dictionary•5 minutes
8 assignments•Total 66 minutes
- Pets and their accessories •5 minutes
- Let's practice - Conditional sentences•7 minutes
- Traveling with your pet •10 minutes
- Having pets in an apartment - vet's advice •7 minutes
- Choosing a dogsitter •7 minutes
- Choosing the right pet for your classroom•5 minutes
- Reading skills - meaning in context•10 minutes
- End of week 1 - Pets•15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 15 minutes
- Writing skills - having a pet•15 minutes
The language content this week prepares you to ask and answer questions about your learning experience, especially about language learning. By the end of the week you should be able to carry out tasks related to distance learning, everyday life at university and Erasmus projects.
What's included
4 videos4 readings9 assignments1 discussion prompt
4 videos•Total 13 minutes
- Are you really going to do it? •2 minutes
- Grammar focus - Present tenses for future time •3 minutes
- Grammar focus - Other future forms •3 minutes
- Pronunciation focus - spellings and sounds •4 minutes
4 readings•Total 30 minutes
- How to write a motivational letter•10 minutes
- Speaking skills: Education questions + answers•10 minutes
- Watching•5 minutes
- Downloadable dictionary•5 minutes
9 assignments•Total 85 minutes
- The words of a university student •10 minutes
- Present or future time? •10 minutes
- Let's practice the future •10 minutes
- An email to apply for a course •10 minutes
- An exam session •5 minutes
- Looking for a new flatmate•5 minutes
- Listening skills: Student accommodation•10 minutes
- Reading skills: Distance learning and Moocs•10 minutes
- End of week 2 - Education •15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Writing skills: The university of the future•10 minutes
This week focuses on the world of work, and you will look at the lexis to describe jobs and professions, key elements of job descriptions, as well as personal skills and competencies required for specific jobs. There will also be an opportunity to study the sections and components of a CV and how best to prepare an effective CV in English.
What's included
3 videos6 readings10 assignments1 discussion prompt
3 videos•Total 10 minutes
- You have to be kidding me!•2 minutes
- Grammar focus: expressing obligation and necessity •6 minutes
- Pronunciation focus - homonyms•2 minutes
6 readings•Total 40 minutes
- Gender-neutral language for professions•5 minutes
- Curriculum Vitae•5 minutes
- Personal profile section on a CV•5 minutes
- Speaking skills - Describe a job•10 minutes
- Outside the classroom•10 minutes
- Downloadable dictionary•5 minutes
10 assignments•Total 83 minutes
- Vocabulary: jobs and job descriptions•10 minutes
- Let's practice: expressing obligation•6 minutes
- Further practice expressing obligation •6 minutes
- Job adverts•5 minutes
- Information on a CV•6 minutes
- Common errors to avoid on your CV•5 minutes
- Reading skills: Teenage career expectations•10 minutes
- Listening skills: Interview with a businessperson•10 minutes
- Writing skills: Open cloze practice•10 minutes
- End of week 3 - Jobs and professions•15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Write a personal profile •10 minutes
In this module you will have the opportunity to learn the language you need to describe an illness or injury, how to ask for help and how to recount what happened.
What's included
3 videos4 readings9 assignments2 discussion prompts
3 videos•Total 9 minutes
- Take care!•3 minutes
- Grammar focus: giving advice •2 minutes
- Pronunciation focus - homophones •4 minutes
4 readings•Total 25 minutes
- Grammar focus: narrative tenses •10 minutes
- Doctors online •5 minutes
- Meditation •5 minutes
- Dictionary •5 minutes
9 assignments•Total 77 minutes
- Vocabulary: illnesses and symptoms •10 minutes
- Let's practice: narrative tenses•6 minutes
- Let's practice: giving advice •10 minutes
- Language check: Doctors online •6 minutes
- At the pharmacy •5 minutes
- Five tips for a healthier you•10 minutes
- Listening skills: accidents + injuries •10 minutes
- Reading skills - The origins of medical terminology •5 minutes
- End of week 4 - Health and illness•15 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
- Share your tips for a happy and healthy life•10 minutes
- Writing skills •10 minutes
By the end of this module, you should be able to describe and talk about the weather in different contexts and seasons. You should also be able to understand basic information about climate change and explain what you do to protect the planet.
What's included
3 videos10 readings7 assignments2 discussion prompts
3 videos•Total 13 minutes
- Globally, for change!•3 minutes
- Grammar focus - linking words of contrast•3 minutes
- Pronunciation focus - word stress•7 minutes
10 readings•Total 60 minutes
- Vocabulary focus - weather expressions •5 minutes
- Pronunciation of binomials •5 minutes
- Vocabulary focus - protecting the planet•5 minutes
- Grammar focus - limit forms of the adjective •5 minutes
- The lift conversation - the weather •5 minutes
- Weather symbols•5 minutes
- Environmental organizations •5 minutes
- Speaking skills - Describing a weather situation •10 minutes
- Outside the classroom - exam skills •10 minutes
- Downloadable dictionary •5 minutes
7 assignments•Total 57 minutes
- Let's practice - weather expressions •6 minutes
- Let's practice - limit forms of the adjective •5 minutes
- Let's practice - linking words of contrast•5 minutes
- Protecting the planet•6 minutes
- Reading skills - Be a greener person •10 minutes
- Listening skills : The weather forecast•10 minutes
- End of week 5 - Climate and weather•15 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
- Environmental organizations•10 minutes
- Writing skills: My favorite season•10 minutes
In this last week of the course you will learn the lexis and phrases to describe the common causes and symptoms of stress. You will also explore, evaluate and apply different ways of dealing with mental health issues like stress. The grammar focus is on reported, or indirect, speech.
What's included
1 video8 readings7 assignments2 discussion prompts
1 video•Total 2 minutes
- Give yourself a break •2 minutes
8 readings•Total 65 minutes
- Vocabulary focus: stress and negative feelings•5 minutes
- Grammar focus: indirect speech•10 minutes
- Vocabulary focus: adjectives to nouns •10 minutes
- Making Brownies•10 minutes
- Control your nerves•5 minutes
- Speaking skills•10 minutes
- Dictionary•5 minutes
- International exams at B1 level: information•10 minutes
7 assignments•Total 62 minutes
- Let's practice lexis to talk about stress•5 minutes
- Let's practice indirect speech •10 minutes
- Tools for self-care •5 minutes
- Preparing for an exam •7 minutes
- Listening skills: neuroscience and self-care•10 minutes
- Reading skills •10 minutes
- End of week 6 - Self-care•15 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 25 minutes
- Build your own self-care box•10 minutes
- Writing skills•15 minutes
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